Former Kentucky player Brad Calipari, head coach John Calipari‘s son, will join the UK men’s basketball staff as a graduate assistant coach for the upcoming 2021-22 season. As a graduate assistant, Brad Calipari will be involved in all on-court activities with the Wildcats including practices, individual workouts and film sessions. He will also play an integral
Report: Notre Dame’s Balanis headed to Howard
According to a report by Pete Thamel, long-time Notre Dame assistant coach Rod Balanis is expected to be named as the associate head coach at Howard. Balanis started with Mike Brey at Notre Dame back in 2000 as the Director of Basketball Operations. He was bumped to assistant coach in 2003, and later associate head
OFFICIAL: Rasheed Wallace named Assistant Coach at Memphis
Following up on a report from August 1st…Rasheed Wallace has now officially been named as an assistant coach at Memphis. Here’s the release that went out this morning: Memphis Tigers head coach Penny Hardaway has rounded out his assistant coaching staff with 16-year NBA veteran Rasheed Wallace. Wallace, a four-time All-Star, won the 2004 NBA championship
Thorsen named Assistant Basketball Coach at Army West Point
With the recent addition of Nick Thorsen to his ranks, Army West Point Head Men’s Basketball Coach Jimmy Allen has completed his staff for the 2021-22 season. Thorsen will serve the team as an assistant coach, working primarily on offensive efforts. “I am very excited that we are able to have Nick join our staff after
OFFICIAL: Galyean named Head Coach at Wayland Baptist
Following-up on something that I first mentioned yesterday (NAIA DIRT)…Wayland Baptist has officially named Clint Galyean as their new head men’s basketball coach. Here is the release from WBU: Clint Galyean, considered one of the young, up-and-coming stars in coaching, has been named men’s head basketball coach at Wayland Baptist University. A native West Texan,
Daily Dirt – 8/26/21
Story: Adam Nelson (@HD_DirtKing) A bunch things as we near the end of August… I have heard that D3 Vassar College assistant coach Aaron Toomey is headed to the University of Rochester. Toomey joined the Vassar staff in 2020, after serving as the interim head coach at Amherst College. He had been an assistant at
Coleman added as DBO at Tennessee Tech
Tennessee Tech men’s basketball head coach John Pelphrey put the finishing touches on his 2021-22 staff, announcing the addition of Justin Coleman as the team’s director of basketball operations. “We are thrilled to have Justin join our Tennessee Tech men’s basketball family,” Pelphrey said. “Once again, we treated our search the same way we handle
SUNY Adirondack names Sweet as new Head Men’s Basketball Coach
SUNY Adirondack Athletics has named Maxx Sweet as the new Head Men’s Basketball Coach. Sweet started his college career at SUNY Adirondack, where he was a standout player and team captain. Following his time in Queensbury, Sweet continued his collegiate career outside of Philadelphia at Eastern University. After graduation, he stayed on at Eastern as
JUCO DIRT: D3 assistant to be named head coach at BMCC
Story: Adam Nelson (@HD_DirtKing) I have heard that NJCAA Borough of Manhattan Community College will name Thomas Keenan as their new head men’s basketball coach. Kennan has spent the past three seasons as an assistant at D3 Medgar Evers College. The veteran assistant coach has also worked at Brooklyn College, Mount Saint Vincent, and Nazareth
NAIA DIRT: Wayland Baptist set to hire current NAIA head coach
Story: Adam Nelson (@HD_DirtKing) I can confirm that NAIA Wayland Baptist will hire Clint Galyean as their new head men’s basketball coach. He will replace Ty Harrelson who resigned at WBU last week. Galyean had been the head coach at NAIA Central Baptist College since 2018. During the 2019-20 season, he led CBC to a
Sanicola named Head Basketball Coach at Southern Maine
University of Southern Maine Director of Athletics Al Bean has announced the hiring of Robert Sanicola as the 16th head men’s basketball coach in Huskies’ program history. Sanicola takes over the Huskies, replacing former coach Karl Henrikson ’79 who retired this July. “We are very excited to welcome Rob Sanicola to our staff as our
REPORT: Former UNC Assistant Robinson headed to Arizona
According to a report by WildcatAuthority.com, Arizona will hire former North Carolina assistant Steve Robinson as an assistant coach. He would replace Jason Terry, who became the head coach of the G League Grand Rapid Gold last week. Robinson had been on Roy Williams’ staff at UNC since 2003. He also worked for Williams at